Who we are

Amy Kipp (she/her) | akipp@uoguelph.ca

PhD Candidate in Social Practice and Transformational Change 

Amy is a PhD Candidate in the Social Practice and Transformational Change Program at the University of Guelph. Together with Dr. Roberta Hawkins Amy co-leads the Re-imagining Care Research Cluster at the Live Work Well Research Centre. Drawing from feminist and anti-oppressive theories, Amy's research focuses on the ways in which care is practiced and experienced by individuals and communities across various scales. Amy's work explores the infrastructures of caring communities, community care in response to COVID-19, the geographies of care in volunteer tourism, and the individualization of international development issues through ethical consumption campaigns.

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Roberta Hawkins (she/her)

Director of the Social Practice and Transformational Change Program

Roberta is the Director of the Social Practice and Transformational Change PhD Program at the University of Guelph and an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics. Her research uses principles from feminist geography to examine ethical consumption campaigns and their discursive and material connections to the environment, social justice, and international development. She also theorizes and advocates for slow scholarship and the possibilities of a feminist academia.

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Leah Govia (collaborator) (she/they)

PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics

Leah is a PhD Geography candidate at the University of Guelph. They have a background in cultural anthropology and interaction design. Their current research examines how digital technologies shape interactions between humans and other species and focuses on ethics, design, play and care.

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